First Two Generations of the Van Voorhees in America

Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees

Born: 1600 at the Farm of Voorhees in the Province of Drenthe, the NetherlandsEmigrated: 1660 with second wife, children (except Marchien), and son-in-law Jan Kiers to Nieuw AmersfoortDied: 16 February 1684Married: Aeltje Wessels

1. Coert (Koert) Stevense (Stevensen) Van Voorhees

Marretje Gerretse (Van Couvenhoven)

Baptized: 10 April 1644 at Nieuw Amsterdam Died: between 1702 and 1709

2. Wessel

Baptized: 25 September 1640 in the NetherlandsDied: unknown, buried 14 January 1641

3. Marchien (Merghin) Stevense (Van Voorhees)

Born: unknown, probably around 1640, in the NetherlandsDied: unknown, perhaps 28 October 1702 in the Netherlands (she did not emigrate)Married: 14 December 1664, Roelof OostingeMarried: perhaps Remmelt Willemse